Clean and dry the spark plugs, make sure battery is fully charged, choke almost fully on, no throttle, try starting. If nothing or its trying, give it full choke and no throttle, try again. Once it starts, keep it above 2000 RPMs by slowly knocking the choke back (towards off), until it will idle without choke. If it stalls when putting in gear, check side stand is up and/or give it a little choke. If it still stalls bring it here and I'll clean the carbs and pet cock. Check inside of tank for rust. I have the same bike in my garage waiting to do the same, Graham
Sent from my iPad > On Feb 15, 2015, at 05:29, nuevajohn <[email protected]> wrote: > > Disclaimer: I am a total newbie, noob, etc. > So, I just bought my first bike. A Honda Nighthawk 550 (1983)! I went and > looked at it and took it for a test drive the other day. It cranked and idled > easy, ran just fine. Everything seemed to be working great on top being very > sexy. The next day, I went back and bought it from the guy. I cranked it up > at his house and it was ok, but after I trailered it home, I can't it get it > to stay cranked. > It cranked up fine as always, with a little choke. Then it died. I cranked it > again and let it idle, put it in first and powerwalked it to the driveway. > Then I put it back in neutral and let it warm up while I got my helmet and > gloves on. Everything seemed normal, but then it stalled out again when I > tried to put it in first. After that, it wouldn't crank at all. I tried it a > few times, but it had been a really long day so I put it up for the night... > I did put some premium gas in it on the way home (while it was on the > trailer). Also, I read in the owner's manual that opening the throttle while > the choke is on can cause "hard starting" and that the bike could get flooded > if multiple start attempts are made. I am sitting here sleepless at 4:18 am > waiting for the sun to come up so I can try it again. This is killing me > right now. What the H!? I was in love with this thing riding it one day and > the next it won't run for me. Any ideas? > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
